bǫl

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bol"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balwą, whence also English bale.

Noun

bǫl n

bale, misfortune

Declension

Declension of bǫl (strong wa-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bǫl	bǫlit	bǫl	bǫlin
accusative	bǫl	bǫlit	bǫl	bǫlin
dative	bǫlvi	bǫlvinu	bǫlum	bǫlunum
genitive	bǫls	bǫlsins	bǫlva	bǫlvanna

Derived terms

bǫlbœn f (“imprecation”)
bǫlfengi f (“malice”)
bǫlrann n (“house of woe”)
bǫlstafir m pl (“'evil runes', misfortune”)
bǫlva (“to curse”)
bǫlvan f (“a curse”)
bǫlvasmiðr m (“the contriver of mischief (Loki)”)
Bǫlverkr m (“evildoer (Odin)”)

Descendants

Icelandic: böl

References

böl in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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